Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-23
The Town of Blossom Prairie Visited
Bya Big Blow The Damage
Placed at $4,000.
Three People Killed and Several
Wounded in AIkanSSs-A Total
Wreck in Track OF the Cyclone.
\ Hail and Wind storm From Kansas De
vastatss the COuutry Around Nevada,
Mo More ID aths Reported
IN TENAS.
Special TO the Gazette.

U2la8e. IL came from SOU EWeSL Tern
direction. 1t completely demoI shed Ryan
& Co.'S seed house, and moved r. San
sings dwelling, an ei2h.-room structure.
about ten feet All the family We're in
the house. No one was hurt. The esti-
mate of damage is as follows: r. SanSiDg,
dwelling, $500; Brewer & SanSirg,
storC-House, $3.50; Thomas Moody
< Co, $500; II l. Bryan <
Co., $3.50; Hancock * Bryan, $50;
E. B. Brantly, saloon, $500; A. NJ. Hara-
waV, two stores. $500; Cag'e, Gin snd
mill, $500; Byrn & Co, seed house, $500;
Ed yrd, store house, $50; A. NJ. Hara-
way, barn, 500; Norwood MOOre& G.,
stock, 500; other damages to fences and
out houses, $500.
IN ARKANSAS.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, April - About
O'Clock this morning q tornado Origi-
mating n the Ind an Territory and moving
due east. passed through the country
four miles north Of thu line Of the Little
Rock and Fort Smith Railroad. 1t was
between a quarter and ia mile wide,
and near Ozark, Franklin county, began
doing great damage TO trees, houses
ard fences. Farther east neer Coal
Hill and GAINESVILLE, Johnson county,
the damage was very serious. Many per
sons We're Injured, aud four miles from
ClarksvilIe JOnn Reeds child, G. D. Row
ley'S daughter ami child of Mr.. Peter
were killed. A man named Phillips, near
Ozark, was severely injured by falling
timber. The loss to farmers in bulldogs,
FENCES, stock and growing crops IS very
heavy, but cannot now b. estimated.
AROUND OZARK.
OZARK, ARK, April p Heavy wind
spprGaCned from several directions. The
currents met in THIS valley and passed up
the canyon east OF town, where the funnel
appearance Of 3 cyclone was first noticed.
The residence of James Worthy, where
the funnel first struck the ground was
blown forty feet. He was badly hurt, bat
the family escaped by not being inside.
McCourt's church was destroyed. One
dwelling near by was leyelled and
one member of the family was
caught between the timberS
and severely hurt. +. 7 Woodruff,
John Alsott, Russell Mum, John Miller
j. A. MCCOurIs are the principal suffer
ers in this section. There was no general
damage done to stock, out buildings,
fences and blooming orchards outside of
the track of the cyclone, while inside
everything is 9 total wreck.
IN MISSOURI.
NEVADA, Mo April % A heavy storm
which originated in Kansas, swept over
the northeast part of this county last
night between and 9 O'Clock
Tlere were four persons killed outright
and several so angeCOGsly wounded that
hey Will roJsbly Gle. The wind was
preceded by hail storm which did con-
Siderable damage. The hailStones
weighed from thTee to five ouLces, and
some of them measured nine inches in
They crashed through
the roofs of dwellings and barns, leaving
holes through which mans arm would
pass with ease. Considerable Injury to
stock is reported from the hail, bat so
far as learned no persons were iLjuIed
by it. The storm entered this stare
q short distance from Fort Scott, KSn.,
traversed g distance IF ue4riy thirty i've
miles, entering the country at g point
two miles south of SChell City. The path
Of the wind was thirty to forty yards wide
and the tract was ltfs des0Iate. The
damage reported to-day Is as follows.
Dwelling of C. T. Whitfield blown down
and his wife seriously hurt. LII
Glen Hoods dwelling, two
story frame, WAS blown entirely
away. The family were sleeping
on the first floor and escaped with slight
injuries. Thomas KOOnIZ's dwelling was
BADLY Injured, though net blown down.
Marcen BrOuse's dwelling and barn were
badly injured by hail. james Humble's
dwell ing was destroyed. John ROyce's
dwelling was carried away
and Benjamin Royce was slightly
Injured. Lewis Humble's dwelling
was swept partially away. The portion
remaining caught fire and was consumed.
The husband and wife were blown some
distance and received some bruises. LeIth
Bros house and barn were badly dam
aged by hail. Perry Wilson'S dwelling
was twisted from its position and
damaged by hail. Mrs. Curry's dwelling
was badly damaged by hail. L. G.
dwelling was blown down and
his wife injured. A dwelling owned by
Frank Dumbel and occdpied by Edward
TroWe and wife and John FOw-
Ter was destroyed. No one
was seriously injured. A house
owned by John Davis and occupied by
Henry CLANCY was torn to fragments.
Mr. Chsney's wife and Mrs. Hooper and
two children were in the building. The
children were asleep and the bed on
which they were lying was carried some
distance and broken to pieces,
but all escaped unipiured aside
from few scratches. GeOrg' C7ouoy'S
dwelling was carried away. Mr.. Clancy
was away st the time and his wife and
mother were there with three children.
When the storm was first heard they ran
out of doors, but her daughter Mamie re-
turned to the house Just in time 10 De
caught by the falling timbers and was
crushed 70 death. The FREE zied mother
pulled the mangIed corpse Of her child
from the ruins.
L. Williams dwelling was badly dam
aged The Bend school house was de-
mollshed. f NJ. ThornhilIs dwelling was